Sump + Canister

[revival]

On my 225 i have a 60 gallon sump and getting 2 fluval 405's soon (would like to get an FX5 but it dont have any room). My question is what should i fill the 405s with? Should i just use polishing pads? What else?

Also for those of you that run both a sump and a canister, what do you have your canister stocked with? Thanks in advance.

 

[Ancient_Fish_Master]

i have my two eheims packed with bio media and coarse sponges on the bottom tray.

 

[kkwa]

3x FX5's filled with only Ceramic Rings. The Fluval Sponge pads take care of all the gunk very well for mech.
1x bag of purigen in each fx5 rotating on a monthly basis (1 out for recharge 2 in play)

 

[honda237]

on my 180g, i am runnings a sump, and a canister filter, in the canister is just mechanical filtration.

 

[kdrun76]

on my 180g, i am runnings a sump, and a canister filter, in the canister is just mechanical filtration.

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I have two tanks that are filtered with both sumps and canisters. The canisters are strictly mechanical filtration. When its time to clean them, I dump the sponges and and stuff out of them and into the clothes washer on "rinse and spin" then I put them back in.

I do also have purigen and a few bags of ceramic rings in them that are NOT run through the washer, but those are just bonus, the function of the canisters are mechanical filtration. There are 3 canisters in question here: an FX5, an XP 3 and an Eheim Pro II.